Romeo and Juliet: The Spectacle Musical

Doubt (J'sais plus)

Friar
Dear God, up there,
If you can hear, if you care
Have I a path, another choice?
If not, then where's your voice?

For you I have denounced
The secret sins that men shield
For you I have renounced
The pleasures men can never yield
But was I so deceived
That You were by my side?
Should I still then believe
You will always be my guide?

I envy the apostles
Those of faith who are devout
I'm a man like the others
Who in the silence doubts
Losing his faith

Dear God, above
Did you decree that men should love?
That they should love, and kill?
Should I trust, then, in thy will?

For you I gave my life
And left it in your care
For you I've heard the strife
In men's voices lost in prayer
I once had love to give
I thought that you are just
How can I hope to live
So plagued by this disgust?
Omniscient judge of men
Let my torment finally cease
I'm made of earth like them
A mortal on his knees
Going mad

It's true, I am to blame
I thought to end this hate
To break this vicious chain
To change Verona's fate
I thought you were my guide
With your will to impart
But the Scripture ink has dried
And has died in my heart

Almighty God of man
Is this some secret part
Of some omniscient plan?
Am I meant to understand?
Or kept in the dark?

Enter all cast, Montagues and Capulets alike, lamenting. For most of them, Romeo and Juliet were friends, acquaintances, family, loves in their own right. Romeo's Favorite takes it hard; she goes straight to Romeo, but is restrained by a Montague male. The Capulet cousins flock about Juliet's side. The Poet enters solemnly, pained, defeated. He bows his head over Juliet's. Benvolio takes it the hardest: His two best friends, his brothers, are gone forever. The Nurse mourns, looking upon the dead body of her surrogate daughter.

Dear God
God, can you hear me?

Dear God, are you there?
Show you can hear my prayer
Or if our hopes were made in vain
If not, you must explain

Dear God

Nurse
I loved her as my own

Friar
Speak to me

Nurse
And now my world is stone

Both
Why do we make the same mistake?
Leave such destruction in our wake?

Friar
I'm lost
All I can do is

Doubt...